Kris Dunn

The NBA announced its All-Defensive teams Wednesday, and no Bulls received votes — about as unsurprising as a Jimmy Butler selection.

Butler, whom the Bulls traded to the Timberwolves in June, landed on the second team for the fourth time.

The first team comprised the Pelicans’ Jrue Holiday and Anthony Davis, the Pacers’ Victor Oladipo, the 76ers’ Robert Covington and the Jazz’s Rudy Gobert. The Spurs’ Dejounte Murray, the Celtics’ Al Horford, the Warriors’ Draymond Green and the 76ers’ Joel Embiid joined Butler on the second team.

Kris Dunn, one of the players the Bulls acquired in the Butler trade, showed consistent ability to wreak havoc at that end. But freak...

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